An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill - Softcover

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9781491073087: An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill

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ISBN 10: 149107308X ISBN 13: 9781491073087

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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In his own words, this is the life of William Frederick Cody, known to the world simply as “Buffalo Bill.” With showmanship rivaling that of P.T. Barnum, he entertained the world with his famous “Wild West Shows” in the days when memory of the real West was still fresh. Indeed, his shows often featured the living legends—notably the great Sioux Chief Sitting Bull—of that period. But Buffalo Bill was a legend in his own right. He was a trapper, a stagecoach driver, a Pony Express rider, a buffalo hunter. Most notably, beginning during the Civil War and extending throughout the great Indian wars, he was the most famous military scout of his time. Cody tells his story without overdue humility. He is obviously proud of his accomplishments, but he is quick to praise others as equally deserving. He mourns the passing of Native American dominance of the plains—of those who had been his courageous adversaries—as much as he mourns the passing of his own frontier era. When he died, in 1917, "Buffalo Bill" was one of the most famous personalities in the Western world.

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William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), in Le Claire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US Army as a scout. One of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill became famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes, which he toured in Great Britain and Europe as well as the United States.

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